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Jason Manning
417 Pointshows_the_parrot():
I can't get the function that I created to work in the shell.
def hows_the_parrot(): print("He's pining for the fjords!")
hows_the_parrot()
= my function (as in exercise, in file called functions.py)
when I go into the shell and Type:
python functions.py
it doesn't complete the function for me... It just brings up a new like of "treehouse:~/workspace (without an error message)
Am I doing something wrong?
3 Answers
Daniel Ducas-Viramontes
2,879 PointsHi guys before you execute your file make sure your out of the python shell if you see >>> then your still in the python shell get out by using exit() then after execute your file functions.py in the console Not in the python Shell. like this: treehouse:~/workspace$ python functions.py
Jason Manning
417 PointsI failed to save it before running it. My bad!
Amy Talbott
12,134 PointsI'm having the same issue even after I saved the file. I can't figure out what's going on here.